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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Michigan rates for HCPCS 28232

In this procedure a surgeon makes a small incision to cut a tight tendon that pulls a toe downward or curls it. Releasing the tendon relieves the tension causing the toe to bend abnormally, such as in a hammertoe. It addresses a single tendon in one toe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$282 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$398 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $316 to $6,918Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $224 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Michigan· 37th of 51

$380

MN $692WV $275

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.